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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MARTIN YEAGLE, OF WATSONTOYVN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOERASTUS D. BARTO, OE SAME PLACE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 384,224, dated June 5,1888.

Application filed April 12, 1888. Serial No.,270,40l.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN YEAGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vatsoir town, in the county ofNorth and StateofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will euable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to shoes, and has for its object the productionof a shoe especially adapted for lumbermeu and those exposed to wet anddamp ground, and whose calliugnec essarily subjects the shoe to hard andrough usage, that will exclude the dampness, stand the strain and hardwear, and, withal, be comfortable, comparatively light, and neat inappearance.

The improvement consists in the novel featurcs, which hereinafter willbe more fully described and claimed, and shown in the annexeddrawings,in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe of myinvention, and Fig. 2 a perspective view showing the parts detached andin their relative positions.

The vamp A and the quarters B and B are united by the usual side seams,a, and the quarters are united by the back seam, b. The quarter B isextended to form the flap 1), that overlaps the instep, and is providedwith the (Xo model.)

tom and being'lasted to the sole, and the outer stay extending flushwith the top of the quarters in the back and tapering to their frontends, as shown, where they are secured to the vamp and quarters by theside seams, a. This outer stay, F, extends from one side seam to theother, and is secured at its top edge to the quarters by the seam f, andis lasted to the sole at its bottom edge. The counter G is locatedbetween the quarters and the stay-piece F. The sole D and the heel H areof ordinary construction, and are lasted to the upper in the usualmanner. The outer stay, F,and the quarters are further connectedtogether by the two rivets m, that are located near the top of thequarters, one rivet being arranged on one side of the back seam and theother on the other side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The herein-shown and described shoe, composed of the vamp and thequarters secured together by back and side seams, the end of one quarterbeing extended to form a flap, the inner stay, E, the outer stay, F, ofone piece and extending from one side seam to the other, and secured atits ends by the said side seams, the upper edge inclining from back tofront, as shown, and secured to the quarters by a rowof stitching, andthe lower edge being lasted in, the straps O G G and the correspondingstraps, 0 0'0, provided with buckles, the straps Gand cbeing widenedattheir lower ends to overlap the said side seams and lasted in, and thesole and the heel, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN YEAGLE.

Vitnesses:

JosEPH B. KRAMER, WM. L. BAKER.

